Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-13
MARYLAND, ~ lIAEYLAyD

! Ny mothers state to the ] EEGelt
Mary land, My Maryland.
For life. or death, or woe or veal
! Tiny peerless ChiValry reveal,
And girt thy beauteous limbs with steel,
Maryland, My Maryland.
! Thou wilt not Yield 10 vandal toll,
Maryland, My Maryland.
/ Thou Wilt not crouch 10 his control,
Maryland, Ny maryland,
| Better the ire thar r0and thee roll,
Better the blade that shot the bow,
/ T1an the crUCiliNi7u Of thy soul,
Maryland, Ny Mary land
! TnOI Wilt not cover Ia The dust,
Maryland, Ny Maryland.
! Thy JeamiDE sworc shau never rust,
Mary Ny Maryland.
| Remember Carroll sacred trust,
! Remember Towards war-ike thrust,
J And all thy EIumbeTeIs with the Just,
| Maryland, My Maryland.
THE ORIGIN OF "MY MARYLAND"
Major Dawson before the Maryland
! Line Confederate Association: 1t wss
/ Baltimore WOmsn who gave to the South
! the one crest lyric in the war. Written
by James Il. Randall Of Maryland, it was,
in moment Of inspiration, set TO the air
OF en- old college song, and thus was the
undying music "msrTied 10 immortal
] verse"
/ Mrs. Hetty Cary Martin kindly con
sents TO tell the story:
cater our bridges were burned by
/ Baltimore militia to prevent the passage
of Northern troops, one Of the regiments,
/ formed msinly OF young men OF social
| pTCmi enCe here, was disbanded. The
men went South in the dead OF night
with only the clothes they wore.
at soon became known among our
friends that boxes of clothing were to be
sent TO them from our house. Daily and
nightly meetings were held there in de
lance of the vigilance of the authorities
whose frequent searchiags of the house
made it known in the papers as 'HeGd
quarters of RobeldOm.' Fingers and ma
chiHes were ceaslessly at work; subsCTlp-
tons came freely IL.
"Oae stormy night boxes were packed
and shipped from the stable in our rear.
! These we're sent directly to General Lee.
who told me that he had himself seen to
forwarding them so our boys. Danger
and daring kept every heart on fire. The
girls who worked and The boys VINO
watched for q chance TO slip through the
Lies to Dixie, formed g glee club, aud
their enthusiasm found vent IN such patri-
oric songs IS could be written or adapted
TO suit their needs.
cone evening, early IN June, ny sister,
p young lsdy, had charge Of the pro
gramme, the club meeting st our house.
3 With young girls esgerness to score g
success, she resolved to secure some new
! and ardent expression OF feelings, by this
, time wrought up to the point of eEplo-
sion. In vain she searched through her
stock OF words and airs; nothing seemed
intense enough TO suit the occasion.
Aroused by her tone Of despair, came TO
the rescue with the suggestion that she
adapt the words Of Maryland My Mary
? oh hE 70 Mt w IN NV
lips since the appearance of the lyric g
few days before In the Baltimore South.
produced the paper and began deClaIm-
ing the verses LEuriger HOratius, -
she exclaimed, and il 8 flash the immor-
tai song found voice in the stirring air SO
perfectly adapted to it
THAT night, when her voice rang out
the stsnZss, the refrain rolled from every
throat present, without pause or prepare
ton, and the enthusiasm communicated
itself with such effect to the crowd
assembled beneath our open windows as
10 endanger seriously the liberties OF
the party.
rs few weeks later it had become i'm
possible to forward the supplies, Of
which we had still on hend several large
trunks full.
= "My brother was about to leave for the
army, and l concluded 20 risk running
the blockade with him, taking my sister
also, to furnish more plausible excuse
for leaving Baltimore with g very undue
J amount of luggage.
"With some difficulty and not little
danger our party was finally landed in
dead of night on Virginia shores. Ny
sister snd l kept guard over the trunks
while my brother secured the vicinity in
seach of conveyance TO Stratford, few
| miles distant from our point of landing,
| and the birthplace of our friend and
kinsman, General r. Z. Lee.
GAn old hay wagon, drawn by very
large OK and very small mule guided
by ropes and 2osdcd with q hickory
pole, wasaseCured, ard IN this striking
conveyance we made our tr;umphal entry
into the Confederate States.
Cup TO this time l hsd worn on my
person a flag bearing the Maryland coat
of.grms, and presented by Baltimore
women TO the Maryland troops in the
southern army. In addition TO the dis
: comfort of this UnWoutcd article Of ap-
psrel, had suffered no small amount Of
anxiety lest the paint, which was quite
fresh, should sustain some injury, and
therefore shook the folds 70 the breeze
the moment we were safe in Dixie.l
"My brother cut q pole, we raised She
( banner aloft, aud, perched upon oul
trunks, jolted up and down hill TO STRAIT
ford, IN the early dawn Of that fair Fourth
OF July, making the Virginia woods ring
with 'MsrYlsnd, My Maryla1d.'
;, "The story OF our adventures soon
reached home; the 'sid and comfort
: given to the enemy were greatly magni
ded, and my family received notification
! from Washington that we should not be
permitted to return.
owe were living in Virginia in exile
when, soon after Manassas, Genera
f., Besuregard, hearing of cur work ant
: spRsstngs for the Marylanders, who haC
2 already done such gallant service in hi:
= commsnd, invited Us to visit them 81 hi:
? headquarters near Fairfax Courthouse
,. The Notifications there were in charge o!
d my cousin, Captain Sterrett, Unitee
j States Navy, VINO received and enter
Q tanned our party during the visit.
? "The night of our arrival we were ser
u ensded by the band of the famous Wash.
Ington artillery Of New Orleans, and 81
the fine voices within reach. Captain
d Sterrett expressed our thanks, and nsket
J., if there was any service We might rende
D IN return. Let US hear a woman